"Legends of Light" in Kotor

The Maritime Museum of Montenegro and the Association of Friends of the Mediterranean "Lux Mediterraneum" from Samobor will present the monograph "Legends of the lights" and premiere the documentary film "Legends of the lights" tomorrow, at 18 p.m. in the Maritime Museum in Kotor, the public institution announced.

The author of the monograph is a professor Jurica Gašpar, and the documentary is directed by the author Igor Goic.

A representative and richly illustrated monograph is dedicated to one of the largest construction and infrastructure projects on the Adriatic - the construction of a system of several hundred lighthouses and coastal navigation lights on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, which was carried out during the Austro-Hungarian administration from 1850 to 1912.

This book provides a wealth of information about lighthouses on the stretch from Savudrija in Istria to Oštro rt at the entrance to Boka, their technical characteristics, construction and history, the organization and former functioning of the lighthouse service, but also the specific life of lighthouse keepers at these facilities, often built in remote and uninhabited places islands, reefs or isolated parts of the Adriatic coast that have preserved their original, untouched beauty even today.

The documentary "Legends of the lights" introduces us to the last lighthouse keepers of the eastern coast of the Adriatic and their way of life. Through the stories of the lighthouse keepers, we also learn interesting anecdotes along with colorful shots, which are by no means lacking in places like this.